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reports coming out of the united states that a phone call to negotiate a possible end to the very public feud between donald trump and elon musk is being negotiated. tesla shares in frankfurt rose more than 5% on the news. the two men have been trading insults after the tech billionaire criticised one of president trump's key domestic policies. i am very disappointed because elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people, he knew everything about it and had no problem with it. all of a sudden, he had a problem. minutes later elon musk replied on x saying that was false and the bill had never been shown to him. while on truth social president trump said elon musk was wearing thin and he had to ask him to leave. the president continued, saying he had taken away the electronic vehicle mandate and that mr musk had gone crazy. mr musk in turn replied to say it was an obvious lie. of the course of the day come the back

and forth between the two of them continued. elon musk's father told the bbc that the row between his son and president trump would fizzle out. here's errol musk speaking to newsday. what i see here is the field having been cleared of all the opposition, it's the bulls having their final round of seeing who is going to be the boss. it's a standard procedure for the last several thousand years among the leaders of countries. and it will fizzle out. it blew up over elon's idea that there should be no form of payment to dem lawmakers in order to get their vote, they should not be bribed to get their vote and so forth. so unfortunately in order to get the votes that trump

needs to get the bill through, he has to have their votes. so elon is standing on principle. it will fizzle out very soon. that was elon musk's father, errol musk. our north america correspondent, jake kwon, who is in washington, told us more about all of this. as if the big public break-up wasn't spectacular enough, elon musk later called for impeachment of president trump and for him to be replaced by his vice president, jd vance. and even though elon musk is now out of the government, he still holds a lot of influence in washington. he owns a major social media company - x - where he has sway over the public opinion, especially those in the libertarian right who stood by mr trump. he owns almost limitless amount of money that he can use to fund politicians and campaigns - maybe those who are opposed to mr trump. and that should worry

mr trump's allies. and elon musk even has enough money to start his own political party if he wishes - which is something that he suggested on thursday in a social media post. but what may be most concerning is that two of the most powerful men on the planet are having this almost schoolyard-like fight instead of tackling other major challenges that they're facing. jake kwon in washington. much more on that spat on our website. now to the middle east. israel has carried out air strikes on beirut. the attack followed an evacuation warning by the israeli military for several buildings in the southern suburbs of the lebanese capital. the idf claims the buildings were being used for drone production by the iranian-backed group, hezbollah. there were chaotic scenes before the attack as large numbers of people tried to leave the area.

the gaza humanitarian foundation has not said when its distribution sites will reopen. they are all currently closed. barbara plett usher is our correspondent in jerusalem and she told me earlier about the closure of aid dictribution sires by us-backed gaza humanitarian foundation. yes, it has been working at renovating and repairing its sites, the group has said, after there have been a number of mass casualty events around the area as people were queueing or trying to get to those aid hubs, which we have been reporting, having gone through these israeli military zones. there has been gunfire that eyewitnesses have accused israeli troops. israel say they are still investigating. in the meantime, the foundation has closed its sites for this repair work. it opened yesterday afternoon, two of the four of them, and it is now saying again that none of them will be open for the time being and that people should wait to hear the next announcement of when they can come. while we are waiting for that there has also been a further development,

the israeli prime minister confirming that the israeli government is supplying weapons to a group in gaza, a group that some see as a criminal gang, that presents itself as an opposition force to hamas. what more do we know about this development? it is a bit of a political firestorm here in israel. the opposition politicians have started to accuse the prime minister of doing this, of arming the clans that are anti-hamas in gaza to be a counterweight to hamas and try to weaken it. eventually, mr netanyahu responded, he was angry about the leak but he defended the actual policy. he said, no, this is working, and it means our soldiers will be safer. but the criticism coming from both the left and right of the political spectrum was the opposite, saying, no, this is actually making israel much less secure because you are creating

a ticking time bomb, another opposition force, and who knows where that'll go? a lot of this is revolving around a militia led by a man called yasser abu shabab who has a reputation for heading a gang, a notorious reputation for heading a gang accused of stealing, looting humanitarian aid. he disputes this. he has also recently denied that the israelis are arming him but i think he is not going to convince many people in gaza about that. barbara plett usher, reporting from jerusalem. we are going to take you live to normandy in northern france, where d-day commemorations are taking place marking the landings, the normandy landings on the 6th of june 1944. a number of services are taking place. this is the us ceremony at

colleville-sur-mer. us defence secretary pete hegseth is there. of course, a fly over there, and a bit of background to this, the d-day landings marked the beginning of the allied invasion of normandy during the second world war. d-day was part of a larger operation called operation overlord, the aim being to liberate western europe from nazi control. we can listen in. and fellow veterans, i begin by thanking the defence foundation and their partners, delta and michelin. you have made it your mission to see that we return to our second home here in

france, to be reunited with our brothers and sisters in arms and the people of this great country. standing here in solemn... studio: d-day veterans at the forefront of these commemorations and events marking the 81st anniversary of the d-day landings, 81 years ago as the allied invasion of normandy during the second world war was the beginning of the liberation of western europe from nazi control. a number of events taking place. this is the us ceremony at colleville-sur-mer. we will join the british ceremony later stop pete hegseth, the us representative there, the us defence secretary, will be saying some words as well so hopefully we can bring that to you when that happens. now we

will return to the developments in gaza. alon pinkas is a former israeli diplomat and writer. earlier i asked him about the leaks that suggest israeli government is supplying weapons to gaza militia that present itself as hamas opposition. my initial thought was, to what end is israel doing this? what could possibly be achieved by arming a criminal gang with proven ties to isis, who have gangs roaming in the sinai peninsular south-west of the gaza strip? on the one hand, the idea, supposedly, was to prevent looting of humanitarian aid,

both trucks and distribution. yet there is no evidence that this gang, this criminal gang, this anti-hamas gang, have done anything positive in that direction. and you look at it from a slightly broader perspective, the middle east has a very sad and tragic history, that extremist organisations spring up and emerge when other organisations, previously thought as the most extreme, are being degraded by an outside force. it happened with the emergence of hezbollah in lebanon when the plo and other shi'ite organisations were weakened. it happened with isis in iraq. it also happened with several groups among the taliban in afghanistan.

so arming this militia absolutely has no feasible and no discernible target. but one last observation on this, by arming this gang, clan, militia, call it what you want, israel is basically admitting that it failed after 20 months to get rid of hamas. more importantly, it attests to the fact that israel has, for the last 20 months, persistently refused to engage in any post-war gaza talks, the inter-arab force that would come in to replace hamas. that was offered in late 2023, and several times during 2024. i really don't understand why israel is doing this and i certainly don't understand why the prime minister would be standing and boasting about it, what a great strategic idea it

is to arm this criminal gang. president trump's travel ban on citizens from 12 countries is due to come into effect on monday. it applies to countries that he says "don't have things under control", and they include afghanistan, myanmar, chad and yemen. it's anticipated the ban will draw several legal challenges. christi jackson is a partner and the head of the us practice at the laura devine immigration law firm and she has been telling me about the legal challenges of the ban. he has broadened the countries and the list is definitely not just predominantly muslim countries. i don't think that will stop us from seeing the challenges. they are going to come. i'm surprised, i woke up this morning and scanned to see if i saw anything that had been filed overnight in the us.

i haven't seen anything yet. it will happen. i think because the first ban, the 2017 trump administration ban, did survive the supreme court in trump versus hawaii, i think that it's clear, we know now that the president does have wide discretionary latitude to make decisions on banning travel and restricting travel in the interests of national security. but i think some of the challenges, i am guessing are going to take the broad scope, with how many countries are on there, admittedly less than the leaked... there's fewer countries than the leaked memo in march, but there are still a lot of countries. i think it will probably be challenged on the basis,

are all those countries true national security threats? the partial travel ban, including seven countries, only bans entry for visitors and students, which makes you wonder whether other visa holders are not a threat to national security but visitors and students are. i think we will see some challenges for sure, possibly today or early next week. on the point of students, is this comparable to what donald trump is doing when it comes to international students to institutions like harvard for example? does it bring them all in under the same umbrella or are or are the university international student bans very different? it might. interestingly, talking about legal challenges, the harvard ban was also issued the same day as this executive order on the more general

travel ban and that has already had an injunction granted in the courts. but as far as the overlap, i think these are two separate travel bans. the harvard travel ban and issues are specific to harvard whereas this travel ban we are discussing covers all individuals going to all locations if they are citizens of those countries. so where we have someone going to harvard and they are perhaps iranian, they will be banned under both of the executive orders, notwithstanding the fact that the harvard executive order does now have an injunction. a thanks to that immigration expert.

russia fired more than 400 drones and 40 missiles at ukraine overnight, according to president zelensky. and ukraine's military said it pre-empted the attack by hitting russian airfields and fuel reservoirs. ukrainian state emergencies service says at least three rescue workers were killed in russia's attack on kyiv, and around 40 people were wounded across the country. the attacks also targeted other major cities and the west of the country. they happened a day after president putin said he'd retaliate against ukraine for the drone attacks that destroyed or damaged dozens of russian strategic bomber planes.

here in the uk, labour has won the scottish parliamentary by-election in hamilton, larkhall and stonehouse. we can cross over to listen into this. anas sarwar is speaking. it has led to the potential election of a scottish labour government next year and the removal of the smb from office. applause i think as we celebrate this victory today, i think it is important to reflect not just on the result but on the very many conversations we had on the doorstep and the important message that the people of hamilton, larkhall and stonehouse have given us. one, they are sick of this snp government, who have been in power for 18 years and have utterly failed them and they want them removed from office. secondly, they have rejected the poison of nigel farage and reform. third, they have also made it clear that they want a uk labour government to go even further and faster in demonstrating a positive difference in their lives. we are hearing that loud and

clear. can i also say that this is, yes, lessons for us as a political party, but also huge lessons for political pollsters, pundits, commentators and bookies because they all got it wrong and they didn't understand what was actually happening on the ground here and what is happening on the ground across the country. no longer can they be duped by john swinney and the snp, and take four read whatever they are told. john swinney ran a shameful campaign in this election campaign. let me tell you why. yes, it was right to call out the lies and dirt from nigel farage and reform. but actually what john swinney did was also unacceptable. he tried a campaign of misinformation. just think, after 18 years of a party being in government, they didn't run a campaign on a positive record because they don't have one. they didn't run a campaign based on the issues facing people here. instead,

the big message was, vote snp to stop nigel farage. and all it did was demonstrate that this is a party devoid of ideas, devoid of energy, and is now running down the clock to be removed from office. all it did was try to drive people into the arms of reform and nigel farage. that is not going to work next year. so next year we will run a campaign where it will be a straight choice. i think this by-election has proved it to all that this is now a straight choice. next year will be a two horse race, and that scottish parliament election will result in one of two outcomes. it will either mean a third decade of the snp with john swinney as first minister, or a new direction for scotland with a scottish labour government and me as first minister. that is the stark choice facing the country. the difference between us and the snp is that we will spend the next year making the case for fixing our nhs, for improving our education system, for making sure people feel

safe and secure in their communities, and ending the billions of pounds of wasted money and delivering a scottish government that has the right priorities for the people of scotland. the only scottish labour can beat the snp. only scottish labour can deliver a new direction. scotland, and only scottish labour can ultimately deliver the change this country needs and we are determined to win it together. thank you. anas sarwar, the leader of the scottish labour party, talking about the labour defeat of the snp, the scottish national party, winning the by-election in hamilton, larkhall and stoke stonehouse, the scottish parliament seat, with reform uk finishing third. very upbeat, anas sarwar, understandably, the result was keenly awaited as it was less than a year until the scottish parliament election and reaction coming from the prime minister, sir keir starmer,

congratulating the new msp, the member of the scottish parliament, and his team, on a fantastic victory, adding people in scotland had once again voted for change. to explain a bit of the background, the by-election was held following the death of the snp's christina mckelvie. that by-election taking place. it was meant to be a two horse race but with labour winning it became a three horse race. the scottish labour leader anas sarwar they're saying that the vote shows voters in hamilton, larkhall and stonehouse have led the way to a change in a scottish parliament next year and davy russell will make a phenomenal msp, in the words of anas sarwar. john swinney, first minister and leader of the snp, has said his party has work to do. this is the second by-election where their candidate, katy loudon, has

lost in recent years. meanwhile, reform uk, who came third in the by-election, the deputy leader of reform uk, richard tice, called his party's third-place finish truly remarkable, adding they had come from nowhere. while for the scottish conservative party a lot of soul-searching will be taking place. miles briggs of the msp said it was a difficult night for his party and they fell victim to protest voting. a final thought, the scottish greens, the liberal democrats, not commenting yet, but the leader of the alba party to sizing snp for not holding the seat, and also saying that they were right not to field a candidate. it is described as a surprise win by labour of the hamilton by-election. sir keir starmer,

the uk prime minister, describing it as a fantastic victory. we are watching those live pictures, lots of cheering, following the surprise labour win of the hamilton by-election. it was a pretty tight race between labour and the snp with the reform party coming in third. a lot of soul-searching coming up for the scottish conservative party. this by-election had been caught following the death of the snp msp christina mckelvie. we have more updates and a live page on the hamilton by-election on the website for you with the very latest. the scottish national party, the

leader john swinney saying, we haven't done enough.

this is bbc news. the headlines: is the war of words between donald trump and elon musk coming to an end? reports the two men are trying to make peace. the us-backed aid agency in gaza says all its distribution sites are closed, and hasn't yet said when they'll re-open. we travel to rural america to find out more about the controversial organisation tasked with bringing aid to the palestinians. inside here is actually a registration agent, so the foundation doesn't actually exist here at all.